Archived Lecture: Achieving Sustainable Development in the United States and throughout the World
Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture presented by the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Archived Lecture: Achieving Sustainable Development in the United States and throughout the World
Date: Feb. 21, 2019
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Economist, UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs to discuss world’s 'most important agenda' , articleSachs will give his presentation "Achieving Sustainable Development in the United States and throughout the World" at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at 2 Riverside Circle in Roanoke. The event will be free and open to the public.
Date: Jun 24, 2020
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Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D.
Director of The Earth Institute, the Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University; the Special Advisor to the U.D. Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals; and Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
About Maury Strauss
Maury Strauss is a longtime community benefactor and businessman who supports biomedical research with the goal of energizing the local economy and improving quality of life in our neighborhoods and around the world. The founder of the Strauss Development Corp., a real estate development firm, Mr. Strauss and his family learned about the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, and the work done here. In order to ensure the continued success of Roanoke’s biomedical research enterprise, as well as the free, public seminars by the world’s leading scientists, Mr. Strauss has made a generous gift to the series, which has been renamed in his honor as the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC Maury Strauss Distinguished Public Lecture Series. Read VT News Story
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